It’s easy-to-get high support for spending money on defense when you frame it in a vacuum, as seen in the first poll. But opinions change quick when you ask people what they would be willing to cut to get it, as seen in the second support falls off. Ask them still how to pay for it, and would they be willing to increase their tax payment for it, and support falls still.
Trudeau is right, short of a war footing Canada will never make the aspirational, entirely not mandatory, 2% NATO spending goal. No prime minister has even tried in the decades of the goal being set.
double the carbon tax, put it all toward NATO spending. All of the lifted F150s with military-adjacent bumper stickers would probably support that, right?
Considering they benefit the most from a stable and secure society that idea works for me. But even still, if we tax companies we must still decide where to spend it, how to prioritize, is there nothing but increased defense possible for that money.
It’s easy-to-get high support for spending money on defense when you frame it in a vacuum, as seen in the first poll. But opinions change quick when you ask people what they would be willing to cut to get it, as seen in the second support falls off. Ask them still how to pay for it, and would they be willing to increase their tax payment for it, and support falls still.
Trudeau is right, short of a war footing Canada will never make the aspirational, entirely not mandatory, 2% NATO spending goal. No prime minister has even tried in the decades of the goal being set.
double the carbon tax, put it all toward NATO spending. All of the lifted F150s with military-adjacent bumper stickers would probably support that, right?
How about we tax large corporations more instead of increasing taxes on people struggling to get by?
Considering they benefit the most from a stable and secure society that idea works for me. But even still, if we tax companies we must still decide where to spend it, how to prioritize, is there nothing but increased defense possible for that money.